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WHAT THE BAT?

Triband · 2022-11-17

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Nov 17, 2022 (Meta Quest 2), Nov 17, 2022 (Oculus Quest), Nov 17, 2022 (SteamVR), Feb 22, 2023 (PlayStation VR2)

From the creators of the award-winning comedy games WHAT THE GOLF? and WHAT THE CAR? comes a wacky game about having baseball bats for hands. It's a sweet, silly, and absurd coming-of-age story that can be enjoyed by both newcomers and experienced VR fans.

WHAT THE BAT? is a Casual, Indie and Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 93 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-17

85%
positive of 93 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
3.88★
PlayStation Store rating (221 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

A wise man once said: If all you have are bats for hands, everything feels like a baseball.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 30,568 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 93 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420222026Week of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

VRFunnyIndieCasualComedyPhysicsSimulationFirst-PersonSingleplayerFamily Friendly

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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